Found silver pheasant please helppp

[Amelo1]

I woke this morning to a bird wandering in my yard . It turns out it is a silver pheasant . I trapped it quite easily and put her into my chicken run all alone until I learned more about the bird I found. She was identified as a silver female and seems quite small perhaps she is young . Until I find the home she came from or a mate for company I would like to keep her safe from predators and taken care of . Any helpful information about this birds care will be appreciated since I only first became aware of them this morning

 

[Little Chicken Girl]

Neat! Would love to see a pic if possible.
Is it possible that the bird ran away from its owners and lives nearby?

I have never owned pheasants but here is a link to an article on how to feed and care for pheasants: https://www.pets4homes.co.uk/pet-advice/keeping-pheasants.html

 

[BlueBaby]

Hello, and welcome to BYC!

 

[ronott1]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens!

Best wishes on your Pheasant adventure

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

welcome to Byc!!! WE would LOVE to see pics!!!! @007Sean?

 

[007Sean]

Howdy
A pic of the bird would be great, then It can be determined what species of pheasant you have for sure! They need high protein feed of 24% . Gamebird Starter is usually 24%. You do not want to raise pheasants with or near chickens. Chickens carry diseases that they can tolerate but will kill a pheasant. They also need more room than chickens and other poultry to do well in confinement. HTH

 

[007Sean]

Neat! Would love to see a pic if possible.
Is it possible that the bird ran away from its owners and lives nearby?

I have never owned pheasants but here is a link to an article on how to feed and care for pheasants: https://www.pets4homes.co.uk/pet-advice/keeping-pheasants.html

The very first paragraph of this article is giving "deadly"/ inaccurate advice to anyone wanting to keep pheasants!
Edited to add: I stopped reading after the first paragraph, just went back and read the whole article. It is struned with inaccurate, harmful information. I would not follow anything the author says in this article.

 

[Amelo1]

I hope these pics help

 

[007Sean]

I hope these pics helpView attachment 1465307View attachment 1465305 View attachment 1465305

You have a juvenile female Silver pheasant but at the same time I see spurs starting to grow? Can you get a pic of it front on?

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC. Great that 007Sean has been able to help